"I say let Glenn Beck speak."

Commendable basic attitude, but when someone can be proven to be disseminating false information and distorting issues, his 'right' to do so over public airwaves needs to be discussed.

Beck may 'have' any stupid opinion he wishes...just like you & I... but when he simply states demonstrable falsities with no oversight, he is playing fast & loose with the manipulation of public opinion.

...and no, it is NOT the same with 'both sides'. Various conservative factions and individuals are simply lying about basic information and claiming it is just 'opinion, protected by free speech'. This goes FAR beyond plain 'spin', which even liberals will resort to.

The sort of loaded rhetoric employed by Beck, Limbaugh, Bachmann, (and several members of congress) have no place in decent discourse....and they get away with it because it takes 10 times as much effort to counter and disprove false assertions than it does to keep them flowing.